Honk if you love Jesus

I spent a good 30 minutes in parking limbo yesterday only to park the car 5 blocks away from the school i'm teaching at. Then when i got back up to the 5th floor, i couldn't even remember if i locked it. It's a good thing i drive an old car with a lot of "character" cuz nobody really cares for "character." (winky winkerston)

MrPerfect and I are off to buy me a bumper sticker today. Not so much because i really enjoy telling people to "Honk if you love Jesus," but because i made another fantastic little accident and covering it up with a bumper sticker is almost the perfect solution. Also, if there's like a food additive for instant better driving skills. I'll take that too. On my chili cheese fries. 

But when i say "driving" i really mean "parking." Cuz that's how i messed up my tail light :( I was parking in reverse (is that even the term for it??) and it went AWESOMELY, thank you very much. I was beaming with pride and while i was in the middle of high-fiving my wonderful passenger, we heard what sounded like plates breaking. If i had only stepped on the brakes a nano-second earlier, i would've stopped the butt of my car from hitting the butt of the black pick-up truck parked behind me. In my defense though, his butt was sticking out on my side like an obnoxious space-taker-upper. But i didn't check very well, and so it still ended up being my fault. As usual, i made absolutely no mark on the truck i brushed up against. MrPerfect and i were relieved to find out that the actual bulb is alright. I just broke the side of the plastic/glass covering it. We did manage to glue it back together though. And it looks like art. Done by a 3rd grader. Perfect. "Honk if you love Jesus."

I am one of those people who seriously SHOULD NOT HAVE A CAR. It's really not something i felt i needed or even really wanted. I've gone 26 years without it and i was very comfortable letting motorela drivers take me places. It's a big car for 97 lbs of me and it takes a lot of care and responsibility to drive...well, any car for that matter. And it feels like the only thing i can really do now is be more responsible. I simply have to be better. and MORE CAREFUL. Ugh. Being careful takes an awful lot of concentration. I should pray. You should too. That i don't park anywhere near you. Haha. 

I guess another good thing that came out from that ill-fated day was some content for my blog. Lol. Because my life just isn't exciting or interesting enough. It felt like i was going through a blogging slump for a while there and was seriously contemplating writing about how i was going through a blogging slump. Which is bad. So this is good. Hopefully the next entry will not include any more accounts of my driving mishaps :) 

In the subject i'm teaching at school is something the books like to call "The self-fulfilling prophecy." It's when you set yourself up for how you want/expect something to go. Like, if you were getting ready for a job interview and you're sure you're gonna do badly. Chances are, you will. Or when you're on your way to a party and you know you're gonna have a good time. Then you most certainly will. It's really good stuff and i was surprised to find such a biblical principle on a textbook. 

But it really is just declaring victory on your life. It's the act of proclaiming the goodness of GOD and taking hold of the victories that come with that. Here's a great place to be reminded of those promises --> http://www.whereisgod.net/stress.htm

Yay for God's word! (All together now!) No more scratches or dents and the like! Just safety and security and happiness on the road for you and for me :)